The putman Surname
putman Name Meaning and History
- English: variant of Pitman ‘dweller by the pit or hollow’, formed with Middle English putte, a dialect form common in southern and southwestern England.
- Dutch: from put ‘pit’ or ‘well’ + man ‘man’, a topographic name for someone who lived by such a feature, or a habitational name derived from a minor place named with the term.
- Americanized spelling of North German Püttmann, a topographic name cognate with 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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